Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Paulo Coelho's "Adultere"

"If life asked you what you did for it, what would your response be?"
"Running after a dream, that comes with a price."
"The most important lesson: learning how to love better and better."
"Love is not only a feeling, it is an art. And just like every other art, inspiration is not enough, it requires a lot of work."  
"We refuse our destiny because it leads to happiness, and we only want security."
"Nothing comes without any effort. You need to have faith."

The French edition of Paulo Coelho's latest book appeared in May this year, three months before the English version, which is bound to appear in August. Needless to say, I could not wait "so much" time and then, why should I?
The book surprised me, not due to its topic, which revolves around cheating, but because I found I could not relate to the main character's problems, more or less imaginary and her struggle to go beyond feeling bored and dissatisfied. I personally believe that you cannot get bored unless you actually want it... but Paulo Coelho felt differently with his character.
The story tells us about Linda, a 31 year old supposedly happily married journalist who decides to have an affair with a former high school lover in order to rekindle the desire and joy within herself. Whether she succeeds or not, or if she jumps - literally and metaphorically - in order to move from the darkness into the light, that's for you to discover while reading the book.
Here's Paulo promoting the book. 

4 comments:

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

It is hard to read a book in which you cannot relate to the characters!

http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-alvin-texas-is-like-paris-france.html

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

It's hard to read book in which you cannot relate to the characters!

http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-alvin-texas-is-like-paris-france.html

Mae Travels said...

I agree with you that boredom is a product of the bored person's attitude ... nice review.

Ally said...

Thanks for visiting, Mae and Deb! Although I am a huge Coelho fan, not all his books rise to my high expectations ;)